American Official Shot in Sudan

An American foreign assistance official was shot and wounded Tuesday while riding in a four-vehicle convoy in the lawless Darfur region of western Sudan, the State Department said.

The woman, who suffered facial wounds, was treated at a facility in Sudan before being evacuated to another country for additional treatment, said State Department spokesman Adam Ereli.
(AP)


Relatives mourning over the body of 1-year-old Ali, who died of malnutrition in a refugee camp in El-Geneina in Darfur, Sudan, 2004. More than 180,000 people have been killed in the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region in the past 18 months, UN humanitarian affairs chief Jan Egeland told AFP.(AFP/File/Marco Longari)